Artist’s Statement “Here again, not well, likely a turnspit, jiggered … whose trajectory scours my sleep? What worriment forths mildewed landsend?” A captain, out on the high seas, on …
Thou Shalt Not Wank (Ali Whitelock)
Artist’s Statement The horrific sex scandals pouring out of Canberra this year (2021) made my blood boil hotter than the planet: the rape allegations, the footage of liberal staffers masturbating …
Mama Said (David Ishaya Osu)
Breakfast Table Mama serves us coffee at night. Not because she wants us to stay awake. Everyone brings a dream to the breakfast table. Face your food, you are still …
Memory for Dust (James Laidler)
Artist’s Statement ‘Memory for Dust’ is a poem that lay buried in one of my journals for a number of years. It recounts the death of our pet cat which …
Adieu to 2020
Well I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite the ride (and that’s putting it nicely!) This year has presented everyone — without exception — with challenges …
Fantasy (Murtaza Ali)
Artist’s Statement I was born in Mariabad Quetta, province of Balochistan, Southwestern Pakistan. Growing up surrounded by art centers, the smell of oil paint would be invaluable later in life …
Sea Country (Sophie Finlay)
wax and wane deep in the trench ancient reefs lie submerged — their skeletons remember when the cryosphere stretched taut over continents these drowned cities gleam grey like marcasite — …
Wali (Djon Mundine OAM)
Artist’s Statement Wali (Possum-Marsupial): A Memorial to the Spirit of Beauty, Flight and Play Totem is a spirit being, appearing as a natural species or force of nature that serves …
DRAWING ON THE LAND: GARIGAL COUNTRY (Michael Glasheen)
(Feature image: a portrait of Michael Glasheen by Juno Gemes) Michael Glasheen has been a pioneering force in the fields of experimental film and interactive media since the late 1960s. …
Back to You (Es Foong)
Artist’s Statement ‘No light, no sound, no air, no touch….’ Some people read this piece, as a love story, a poem about longing. And some people experience it as something …